CenturyLink wins $1.6 billion telecom task order from Interior
After a protest from rival Verizon failed, CenturyLink emerged as the winner of the Interior Department's telecom modernization task order under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.
Octo hires CACI vet to lead federal health business
Octo brings onboard a two-decade market veteran to lead its federal health IT business.
Siemens CEO touts social responsibility along with profits
Siemens CEO Barbara Humpton describes how leadership and corporate responsibility are evolving in a rapidly changing world.
Mercury board adds former long-time Lockheed exec
Mercury Systems' board of directors elects a new member in Orlando Carvalho, who spent nearly four decades at Lockheed Martin.
NOAA wraps up awards on $3B 'ProTech' services vehicle
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes the final set of awards on its broad $3 billion "ProTech" contract vehicle for professional and technical services.
WBB makes second deal with private equity backing
Whitney, Bradley & Brown has made its second acquisition as a private equity-backed contractor looking to climb up the middle market's food chain.
New Year brings same old problems for Beta.Sam
Users of Beta.Sam.Gov continue to face problems with getting the data and features they need from the procurement system. Unfortunately, there isn't much relief in sight.
EverWatch taps Salient vet as new CFO
EverWatch has hired a former Salient CRGT executive as chief financial officer.
Congress pushing Treasury, USDA to push on EIS
Members of Congress are offering advice to the Agriculture and Treasury departments on how to leverage Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions for modernization.
AWS wants work stopped on JEDI cloud roll-out
Amazon Web Services will ask a federal judge to order a stop on work by the Defense Department and Microsoft on the JEDI cloud infrastructure contract.
1901 Group adds Batsakis
1901 Group adds to its executive team George Batsakis, an industry veteran most recently at Accenture's federal arm.
Deloitte loses FDA contract to Guidehouse after objections to resume
Deloitte won a $112 million FDA contract, but then lost it to Guidehouse after the agency concluded a key resume didn't have enough years of experience.
MTSI scores space situational awareness contract
Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has won a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract with the Air Force to continue developing a system that could improve space situational assessments.
ICF makes $255M acquisition to bolster its tech implementation skills
ICF has long touted its subject matter expertise as a plus in the federal technology arena and sees the $255 million acquisition of ITG as adding to its implementation chops.
Small business size calculation rule now in effect
A change to how the Small Business Administration calculates small business size is now final. But will it solve the problem?
State Department continues to fumble consulate IT contract
The State Department's struggles continue in awarding a $164.7 million contract for IT support to consulates around the world, which now faces its third round of bid protests.
More quantum funding coming from DOE
The Energy Department is investing $625 million in new opportunities to develop quantum computing capabilities.
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Washington Technology Editor Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Writer Ross Wilkers review the major events of 2019 and discuss what they see ahead.
How companies should prep for CMMC
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